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Kevin Rose Nails Today's Apple News, All Known Associates Permanently Buried by Apple
Posted by John Mahoney at 7:13 AM on September 10, 2008
So Digg's Kevin Rose polished off his crystal ball prior to today's Apple event, as he is wont to do. We posted on his rumours, with the necessary scepticism. And now as the dust settles on our live coverage, we doff our hat to everyone's favourite iSight Carnac: just about every single detail Kevin hit, including the actual product shot of the redesigned Nano above, was 100% true.
Let's hope his leak at Apple has an alibi when his Steveness comes knocking. Here was Kevin's prognosticating:
- Revamp of entire iPod line.
- Small cosmetic changes to Touch, Nano to see significant redesign (see pic).
- iPods to see fairly large price drops to distance itself from the $199 iPhone.
- iPod touch 2.1 software, iPhone to get update very soon after.
- iTunes 8.0 ("it's a big update w/new features").
And on iTunes 8:
iTunes 8 includes Genius, which makes playlists from songs in your library that go great together. Genius also includes Genius sidebar, which recommends music from the iTunes Store that you don't already have.
With iTunes 8, browse your artists and albums visually with the new Grid view; download your favourite TV shows in HD quality from the iTunes Store; sync your media with iPod nano (4th generation), iPod classic (2nd generation), and iPod touch (2nd generation); and enjoy a stunning new music visualizer.
Even the layout mockup, which was coyly what it would look like "if I had to guess"--100% correct:
And of course, the Nano photo above. Not a rendering, an actual product shot of the silver Nano. So besides skipping the ancillary announcements like Nike+ and the new headphones, Rose nailed it.
One other side point: this also shows that Apple has smartly reconsidered the same strategy that issued a spew of take-down notices with every leak that hit the web and eventually forced blogs like Think Secret to shut down. It's all or nothing with that strategy--as only targeting the information that's correct is the deadest giveaway possible--and once something hits the web, there's very little one company can do to stop it. As we've seen a bajillion times.
So congrats Kevin--this time (we all know you've had your misses, too). Make sure you take your new buddy in Cupertino out for a nice, juicy steak (in Sacramento, with fake mustaches) while the axe hangs. [Kevin Rose]
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JustEaton
Posted 7:51 AM 10/9/08
@rougheo: tfsu
JustEaton
Phenostar
Posted 7:45 AM 10/9/08
@Drummer_Boy: You're new to these apple events, huh?
Phenostar
MichaelScrip
Posted 7:44 AM 10/9/08
So, since we now know that first leaked picture was true... where exactly was it taken???
MichaelScrip
Drummer_Boy
Posted 7:43 AM 10/9/08
In fairness he didn't predict what an overhyped piece of nonsense Let's Rock would be.
Drummer_Boy
Noobs-R-Us
Posted 7:36 AM 10/9/08
"while the axe hangs."
As in the sword of Damocles...
Someone is going to fry for this. I can hear the screaming at Job's office now...
Noobs-R-Us
rougheo
Posted 7:34 AM 10/9/08
price drop my ass, he wasn't 100% right with the iPod, except for the touch. The nanos are essentially the same price, just more storage space. I want to see a $100 nano, then maybe I'll bite.
rougheo
kahri
Posted 7:32 AM 10/9/08
@BiZarRroBALlmeR: yep, he also "predicted" the iphone 2.0 would have a cam on each side. woops.
kahri
The Magnificen7
Posted 7:31 AM 10/9/08
I was pretty impressed, I was a bit of a skeptic. Good job Kevin, you and your sources.
The Magnificen7
RockNRollBeaver
Posted 7:27 AM 10/9/08
@Phenostar:
@dc-united:
Ah I see, That's quite funny. That sucks if he gets caught.
RockNRollBeaver
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 7:27 AM 10/9/08
His next prediction will be wrong. His predictions alternate in accuracy.
BiZarRroBALlmeR
kylo4
Posted 7:26 AM 10/9/08
I'm going to have a hard time doubting him now, as I hope a lot of people do. He was right and I read so many people say he was absolutely wrong. This had to have given him some good credibility.
kylo4
Phenostar
Posted 7:23 AM 10/9/08
@RockNRollBeaver: Probly not. They can, however, take legal action against the clown that leaked everything. He's in serious violation of his employment terms.
He's so fired.
Phenostar
dc-united
Posted 7:23 AM 10/9/08
@RockNRollBeaver: There's more of a case against whoever provided the information from within Apple.
dc-united
onewiththewurlitzer
Posted 7:23 AM 10/9/08
A real life Doug Funny! No need to worry, Quail-man will pwn Apple.
onewiththewurlitzer
RockNRollBeaver
Posted 7:22 AM 10/9/08
Scratch out that "and"... Damn typos!
RockNRollBeaver
RockNRollBeaver
Posted 7:21 AM 10/9/08
I'm guessing that Kevin is walking in murky water. Could apple take and legal actions against this?
RockNRollBeaver
vinchbr
Posted 7:21 AM 10/9/08
hooray for kevin...
man i wish i had the money he has
vinchbr
Burrens
Posted 8:04 AM 10/9/08
So a few shows ago on diggnation (can't remember exact episode) Kevin mentioned that one of his friends switched jobs from Dolby Labs to a gig with Sony, and he mentioned that they were working on something BIG (not previously mentioned)for the PS3. I wish he would spill the beans on that.
Burrens
Phenostar
Posted 8:00 AM 10/9/08
@dambo29: Hey at least you aren't one of the people waiting on an updated Mac Mini. Or a business ready tower w/out a built in display to fit in between iMac and Mac Pro.
Come on Apple!
Phenostar
dambo29
Posted 7:56 AM 10/9/08
@Drummer_Boy: True... at the very least I was hoping for a 64GB Touch. *sigh* will have to keep on waiting...
dambo29
Drummer_Boy
Posted 7:53 AM 10/9/08
Well, call me an old fashioned reactionary, but when Apple's PR department summon the tech and financial press with promises of "something big" I was kind of expecting a little more than some tarted up iPods, a new version of iTunes and the promise that the new iPhone firmware will be a bit less shite than the last one.
You know like DRM free music from the other three record labels or something.
But maybe it's just me.
Drummer_Boy
Godson
Posted 8:38 AM 10/9/08
i dont want new ipods.....i want the new mac books >:O
Godson
EBone
Posted 9:02 AM 10/9/08
@Godson: That's typically a January announcement at Macworld, with the exception of small speed bumps during the course of the year.
Put on your waiting cap.
EBone
cloudnine
Posted 9:24 AM 10/9/08
oh god... as if that smug dick needs more reason to get an even larger head. does this story need to exist? :/
cloudnine
MichaelScrip
Posted 9:21 AM 10/9/08
@Godson:> "i dont want new ipods.....i want the new mac books"
They should be coming soon:
[buyersguide.macrumors.com]
MichaelScrip
Mr.SithNinja
Posted 9:54 AM 10/9/08
@cloudnine: That pic seems like he is so smug that he is smelling his own fart and giving it a thumbs up....
Mr.SithNinja
chrstphr
Posted 10:11 AM 10/9/08
Wow...all the doubters just got burned.
chrstphr
Crowbot
Posted 11:11 AM 10/9/08
Kevin is starting to look like Leo Laporte...
Crowbot
endless
Posted 11:54 AM 10/9/08
@Crowbot:
bhahahahahaha
endless
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 1:08 PM 10/9/08
Kevin BLose
BiZarRroBALlmeR
PC+Mac Coexist
Posted 2:02 PM 10/9/08
@PC+Mac Coexist: Meaning, they're distancing, but in the wrong direction.
PC+Mac Coexist
PC+Mac Coexist
Posted 2:01 PM 10/9/08
"- iPods to see fairly large price drops to distance itself from the $199 iPhone."
$299 and $399 for iPod Touches hardly seem like distancing.
PC+Mac Coexist
Blakamin
Posted 4:29 PM 10/9/08
Anyone think that maybe it was a "sanctioned" leak?
Look at all the hype it created!!!!
Blakamin
mikegriffin
Posted 9:23 PM 10/9/08
He must be Job's closet lover to get that much inside dope.
mikegriffin
jbang
Posted 9:16 PM 10/9/08
@Drummer_Boy: You really are a bit wet behind the ears regarding Apple events. I suggest you close your eyes for about month during January.
jbang
artvanderbilt
Posted 10:43 PM 10/9/08
If Apple wasn't "leaking" all of this information all along then they should, since when they can get fanboys to foam at the mouth in a rabid frenzy before the product is released, they'll buy it.
artvanderbilt
pocketcowboy
Posted 11:46 PM 10/9/08
it's like a loud mouth who can't keep quiet about your surprise party, so you've got to act surprised in front of your friends because they got all dressed and obviously made an effort...
pocketcowboy
hagrun
Posted 1:42 AM 11/9/08
Why does he get the credit? Some one ELSE gave him the info!
hagrun
videoCWK
Posted 7:26 AM 11/9/08
I'll definitely be trusting him more in the future.
videoCWK
tivoupgrade
Posted 3:40 AM 12/9/08
Whatever.
tivoupgrade